Memphis Inspired Colorful Glass Studio Vase

This piece features a mirror framed with dark purple and olive green glass triangles. Memphis Design is a new style that only starts in 1980. The 80s was a period of eclectic transformation, where previous trends were rejected but borrowed from, and new unusual technologies, materials, and futuristic influences began to feature. The design movement began with a meeting in Milan, Italy, where designer Ettore Sottsass founded the ‘Memphis Design group named after a Bob Dylan song. Like most art, the movement was a counterargument against the rigidity of modern and minimalism. Instead, Memphis Designers wanted to bring out the ‘radical, funny and outrageous’ – blending Art Deco geometry...

A small diamond shaped red and yellow Murano glass 'Sommerso' vase by the glassmaking maestro Luigi Mandruzzato. Handcrafted in the 1970s in Italy, utilizing the revered 'Sommerso' t...

This colorful floral rug in mostly sensuous pastel tones and floral imagery has lots of contrast through dark black negative space. The rug features a dense plush wool pile.

Crafted with meticulous craftsmanship, these set of four high-backed dining chairs feature a lacquered finish in an elegant white wash wood tone. The chairs are adorned with rust-col...

Beautiful Swirly multicolored murano glass vase.  

A geometric design double vase typical of the Memphis style from the 1980s. Blown in light blue, pink and clear glass, the double vase features one side in a column and the other sid...

1980s Italian Venetian Murano glass colourful vase.

Handblown glass vase with multicolor glass fragments and complex murrhines with a lattimo (white glass) interior by Arte Vetraria Muranese (A.V.E.M.), Murano Italy 1960's. These hand...